Salt-cellar.



No. 888,652. 1 PATENTBD .MAY 26, 1908.

.P. A. PETERSON.

SALT CELLAR.

- APPLIOATION IILBD 8EPT. 6, 1905.

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PER ADOLF PETERSON, or New YORK, N. Y.

SALT-CELLAR.

' Speci fication ofLe'tters Patent Patented May 26, 1908.

Application filed S eptember6, 1905 Serial Nc'. 277.235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PER ADOLF PETERSON,

' acitizen of the .United States,.'residing at 229 salt to- East Fortieth street, New York city, in the county of'NeW York and State of New York,

have invented new and useful lm rovements.

in Salt-Cellars, ofrwhich the fol owing is a specification.

This invention'relates to salt-cellars such as are provided with means for stirring theprevent the cellar from becoming clogged.

furthermore, to increase their efficiency in operation. i a

With the foregoing and other objects in view'which will appear asthe description. proee ds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangementof parts andin the details of construction hereinafter described cellar made of any suitable size, shape and and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof. y

In the 'accom anyingdrawing forming part of this spec' cation; Figure'1 is a vertical central section through a salt cellar con-' structed in accordancewith the invention.-

2 is a sideelevatio n of the stirring mechanismremoved from the salt cellar. Fig. 3.

is a plan view of the stirringmechanism. Fi 4 is a side elevation, partly in section of a s ightly modified construction. Fig. 5 is a .plan view of the stirring mechanism.

Like reference numerals indicate corres ondin'g parts in the different figure's of the rawing.

The reference numeral '1 indicates a salt construction.

- The reference numeral 2 indicates the removable cap which is perforated in the usual manner.

' The salt cellar 1 is provided with a stirring blade 3 which is adapted to be rotated by an suitable mechanism, referably as hereina ter described. The-b ade 3 is slitted or incised from its opposite edges as indicated at 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and is then drawn out so as to assume a zig-zag shape.

While the blade 3 may be rotated in any suitable manner, said blade 1pireferably is provided'with a bevel gear 9 w ch is secured in any suitable manner to the upper end therehe principal object of the invention'is to lmprove the construction of such" devices;

. of and is journaled by means of a pin 10,'or

other suitable device upon a framework .11 having radiating arms 12 ,-1 3, 14 and 15 which are adapted to fit into suitable downwardly extending slots in the upper end of the salt cellar 1, said arms being eld within theslots by means of the. cover 2. The radiating arm 15, as shown in Fig. 2, is bent downward to form a (iournalfor a shaft 16 on which is mounte a-small bevel gear 17, meshing with the gear 9. At its outer end'the shaft 16 provided with a-finger piece 18 by means of which said shaft can be rotated to impart-- motion to the blade 3 through the gears 17 and-9.

. Secured in any suitable manner to the pin 10, above the framework 11, is a blade 19 which is suitably notched along its upper edge as indicated at 20. formed with a-slot into which is fitted a transversely scraping blade 21, the upper edge of which is disposed above the upper edge of the blade 19. It will be understood that the blades 3, 19 'and'21 are simultaneously rotated by means ofthe finger piece 18. By disposing the .upper edge of the scraping blade 21 slightlyabove the upper edge of the blade 19, it is found in practice that any salt which may adhere to the cover 2 is readily removed.

The blade 19 is designed primarily to preven tcollection of material in the lid of the salt cellar 'to such an extent as to interfere The blade 19 is with the 'roper scraping operation of the blade 1, it being obvious that in the initial movement of the blades, the blade 19 will tend to cut the material collected below the operative edge of said blade 21, hence facilitatin the pro er scra ing of the material and irecting t e same ack into the salt cellar in a fine condition rather than in the lumping condition which would result from Intestimony whereof, I have affixed my slgnature in presence of two witnesses.

PER ADOLF PETERSON.

scraping blade connected with the upper end (if the stirring blade, :1 set-end blade arranged 1 transversely to the lirst mentioned scraping l blade and having its upper edge disposed be- I l 1 low the upper edge of the first mentioned l/Vitnesses: scraping blade, and means for rotating the W. H. CRICIiTON-CLARKE, said blades. 11. G. HOSE. 

